Early remodeling of müller cells in the rd/rd mouse model of retinal dystrophy

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 521, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2439-2453

  Chua, Jacqueline ^a   Nivison Smith, Lisa ^b   Fletcher, Erica L ^c   Trenholm, Stuart ^d   Awatramani, Gautam B ^d,e   Kalloniatis, Michael ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calbindin; GFAP; Gliosis; Glutamine synthetase; GS; Photoreceptor degeneration; Retinitis pigmentosa

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; POTASSIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL REMODELING; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; GLIOSIS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; MUELLER CELL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA CONE; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA DYSTROPHY; SENSORY SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CALBINDINS; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; EPENDYMOGLIAL CELLS; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLIOSIS; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; HYPERPLASIA; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RETINAL DYSTROPHIES; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 84878632896     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23307     Document Type: Article

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